Aren M. Maeir

The Tel Nagila Publication Project

Published 2025 (granted 2006)
View the publication's webpage: Tel Nagila. The Amiran-Eitan Excavations

Aren Maeir is an American-born Israeli archaeologist and professor in the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University. He is best known as the director of the Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project, which has been excavating the ancient Philistine city of Gath—biblical home of Goliath—since 1996. His research focuses on the Bronze and Iron Age cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly the Philistines, Israelites, and Canaanites, with interdisciplinary approaches involving archaeology, science, and textual studies.

Maeir has published nearly 350 papers and around 20 volumes. He also co-directs the Minerva Center for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times, directs the Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies, and co-edits the Israel Exploration Journal.